Common Mistakes When Cleaning Your Gutters Yourself
Many homeowners take to climbing a ladder and embarking on the tedious, and dangerous, chore of cleaning out their gutters. While balancing atop your ladder and scooping out soggy debris, it can be difficult to get the job done just right. Oftentimes homeowners can make mistakes, which will negatively impact their gutters down the road.
Common Mistakes
When cleaning your gutters, try to avoid making the following mistakes:
Overlooking Small Gutter Repairs
When on your ladder, you are eye-level with your gutter system. This can prove to be an advantage, as it allows you to see problem areas that may not be visible otherwise. Try not to ignore any signs of needed repair. This includes patches of mold and mildew, a loose downspout, or gutter seams that are allowing small amounts of liquid to leak through.
Using Strong Chemicals
If you are using harsh chemicals on your gutters, reconsider a more organic cleaning solution. Strong chemicals can compromise your gutter’s finish, and may even result in damage to your home’s siding, should the chemicals splatter.
Leaning Your Ladder on the Gutters
When climbing your ladder, feeling secure and balanced is key. However, if you can only achieve a sense of stability while resting your ladder on your gutter system, rethink your positioning. By forcing so much pressure on your gutters, you can bend and weaken the system’s overall performance, and also risk falling.
Consider an Alternative
Instead of risking your safety and the well-being of your gutter system by cleaning your gutters yourself, consider having gutter guards installed. At Clemens Home Solutions, we proudly install the LeafX® Gutter Protection system, which will stop debris from entering and clogging up your gutters.
Gutter guards do most of the work for you, so you don’t have to worry about cleaning your gutters and making any of these common mistakes. If you are interested in gutter guards, contact Clemens Home Solutions today.
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Clemens Home Solutions did an amazing job on our Gutters this evening. Luis and his team were extremely fast, Knowledgeable, and very polite with their profession. It was a very cold day this evening and his team did fantastic with the elements. I would gladly refer anyone to Clemens Home Solutions for their next home improvement project.
Clemens was absolutely perfect to work with. I received phone calls with updates on the project weekly which actually got completed earlier than expected. The finished job was fantastic, the work was excellent and the new door is of great quality.
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I am very happy with my new gutters. No more leaking at the corners where my old gutters met. i probably got in the way of Luis and his team with all my questions and curiosity of how the gutters were made on sight but both of them were very helpful and friendly and didn't seem to mind me interrupting their work. I've never had a company stay in touch with me before the project was started like they did. I highly recommend them!!
Overall 5 star experience. Our project had some challenges and we had to change plans a few times and someone from Clemens was always in contact with us. The work was completed in a day and they communicated with us during the project. They cleaned up, were super nice, and the windows look wonderful!
Clemens did a great job of replacing my gutters. Eric Logan was a great sales person, no high pressure, just information. Luis and his team did the replacement and were quick and very good! Luis made sure he followed up with me and that I was happy. I asked for a longer down spout on my front porch and Luis came and replaced it right away!! Thank you. They were great to work with.
Extremely happy with the service and communication! Had all new windows and a front door installed . The crew was super friendly , and explained things as they installed . They didn’t mind me being in their way! They were all very professional, and did a great job cleaning up afterwards!
I recently had my gutters, soffit and fascia done by Clemens. Austin and his crew was amazing . They were professional and kept me updated during the process and their follow-up after the project was even more appreciated. I recommend this great company to anyone.
Clemens did a great job. They are very honest and kept us well informed on the progress of the windows. The installers were very delightful and did a great job installing the windows. They kept the work area very clean and were respectful of our house. I would highly recommend Clemens to anyone looking to replace windows!
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